Tree ring study upends single year aging myth
Alpine Texas May 4 The discovery that tree age can’t be read from a single ring challenges long held beliefs. Texas researchers Glock and Reed report variable ring counts per year, linking extra rings to droughts and frost, while moisture governs annual ring formation.
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Southwestern
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Texas
American Southwest
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E. L. Reed
Texas’ Technological College
Gubbock
Glock
University of Arizona
Arizona
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National Poetry Day Winners to Be Announced at World’s Fair
National Poetry Day on May 26 at the World’s Fair will reveal the National Poetry Center contest winners. Ten Poetry Week medals will go to the writers of the 10 best student poems by undergraduate college students nationwide. Judges are Margaret Widdemer and Emmet Kennedy.
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Margaret Widdemer
Emmet Kennedy
Poem Contest Seeks Students’ Entries at Fraser Hall
Prof. W S Johnson urges students to submit poems for a literary contest honoring Robert P Coffin and Pulitzer prize poet. Poems must be unpublished and 24 lines max typed with author name and university. Entries to Johnson at Fraser Hall office. postmark by May 10.
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Robert P. Tristam Coffin
W. S. Johnson
Johnson
Fraser Hall
Five Vote For Resolution in Kansas House Split
Kansas House members split on the Tabor resolution to reject Roosevelt's first reorganization plan. Five Republicans voted for the resolution: Carlson Gover Lambertson Rees and Winter. Against were Hope Republican and Houston Democrat.
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Tabor
Roosevelt
Carlson
Gover
Lambertson
Rees
Winter
Hope
Houston
General Wilhelm Groener Dies at 71 in Potsdam
Potsdam Germany May 4 Gen Wilhelm Groener 71 last imperial army quartermaster general and four years defense minister died in city hospital after 14 days liver inflammation He survived by his widow daughter from first marriage and son from second He was a noted strategist and author of military classics Known as the red general he advocated abdication to save the republic after the Spa council of war in 1918 with Hindenburg and Heye supporting abdication and exile for the Kaiser.
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Germany
Wilhelm Groener
Grroener
Spa
Paul von Hindenburg
Wilhelm Heye
Groener
Holland
Farmers Redeem Wheat Loans at High Rates
Kansas and nearby states see many farmers redeeming wheat from government loan programs at current prices. RFC regional manager Frank Hodges notes the redemption rate is surprisingly large relative to forfeitures. The office oversees loan liquidation across Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arkansas. A separate note mentions historic England tavern practice of selling ale by the yard with yard o ale glasses.
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RFC
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Oklahoma
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4-H Club Meeting Postsponed Community Event
Villa Eden notes ten members met at the Bleakleys with a play in rehearsal for a missing community meeting now moved to Friday May 12. Visitors include the Brock and Douglas households. Additional items cover motor thefts, pinochle gathering at Torneden home, and visits among local families.
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Charles Eberwein
Bernice Hughey
Roberta Douglas
Charles Douglas
Black
W. E. Brock
Shaw
Lawrence
William Torneden
William
Otto Witt
Arlene
Albert Steinbring
Wesley
Norma Jean
Fred Reetz
Gretta
Howard Quinlan
Alfred
Godfrey Reetz
Melba
W. E. Pettengill
Ruth
Frank Pettengill
Wesley White
Bert Wilson
Nate Pettengill
Nunemaker
Nate Tettengill
Mary
Tielen Pettengill
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